Michael O'Neill

Michael O'Neill was born in Aldershot in 1953, and in 1960 moved to Liverpool. He read English at Exeter College, Oxford. Since 1979 he has lectured at Durham University, where he is a Professor of English. He co-founded and co-edited Poetry Durham from 1982 to 1994.
His critical studies include The All-Sustaining Air (OUP, 2007), an exploration of Romantic poetry's influence on poets since 1900. He received an Eric Gregory Award in 1983 for his poetry and a Cholmondeley Award for Poets in 1990. His collection The Stripped Bed was published by Collins Harvill in 1990. He is married and has two children.